East Area Plan. Steering Committee Meeting August 23, Art Gym Denver

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1 East Area Plan Steering Committee Meeting August 23, 2018 Art Gym Denver

2 East Area Plan Steering Committee Meeting August 23, 2018 ArtGym Denver, 1460 Leyden Street AGENDA 1 6:00-6:05 Approval of July Meeting Summary 2 6:05-6:15 Review of Vision Statements 3 6:35-7:30 Draft Guiding Principles 4 6:15-6:35 Draft Focus Topics & Areas 5 7:30-8:00 Performance Measures & Best Practices

3 Draft Guiding Principles

4 What are Guiding Principles? Shared community values that provide guidance for decisionmaking when ideas come into conflict. Are intended to apply generally, acknowledging that there are situations with unique circumstances. Help clarify and confirm the Vision by articulating the tradeoffs and priorities needed to achieve it.

5 Draft Guiding Principle #1 Pedestrians should be the top priority, especially children, seniors, and those with special needs. When pedestrian safety comes into conflict with convenient driving conditions, such as higher traffic speeds or multiple driveways across sidewalks, pedestrian safety should take precedence. Considerations for unique situations: Heavy traffic corridors with the potential to significantly redirect vehicle traffic onto residential streets. Identified mode-priority corridors, such as high capacity transit or protected bike routes.

6 Draft Guiding Principle #2 New construction should be high quality with design elements such as durable materials, pedestrian orientation, a scale that is compatible with surrounding buildings, and a variety of architectural details and frequent entryways that avoid monolithic or homogeneous buildings. Considerations for unique situations: Where more intensive growth is desirable, such as transit corridors, larger buildings should incorporate scale transition measures to avoid sharp juxtapositions with adjacent buildings. Civic buildings, such as churches, schools, museums and libraries, that are intended to stand out from the surrounding context.

7 Draft Guiding Principle #3 More housing, businesses, and community events should be encouraged in the right locations to help improve walkability, housing affordability, successful businesses, and the sense of community when thoughtfully located and well-designed. Considerations for unique situations: Low intensity residential areas should have appropriately-scaled land use intensities. Locations where there is a desire to preserve existing buildings, businesses, and cultures.

8 Draft Guiding Principle #4 New buildings, infrastructure, and open space should minimize impermeable surfaces and be encouraged to incorporate green infrastructure elements, such as tree wells, green roofs, and permeable paving in order to mitigate the storm water and water quality issues in the East area. Considerations for unique situations: Small lots or buildings with limited room for open space and landscaping

9 Draft Guiding Principle #5 Social Services should be well-managed and comprehensive to meet the needs of residents while minimizing negative impacts on neighborhoods. Considerations for unique situations: Locations that already have a concentration of a social service.

10 Focus Topics Land Use Design Quality Transit-Oriented Development Community Diversity Housing Affordability & Diversity Housing Quality Supportive Housing Pedestrian & Bicycle Safety Transit Vehicles Parking Jobs Education Small Businesses Arts & Culture Financial Stability Storm Water Trees & Landscaping Heat Impervious Surfaces Energy Waste Management Healthcare Food Access Parks & Open Space Crime Pollution

11 Focus Areas

12 Focus Topics & Areas Are these the right Focus Areas for each Focus Topic? Any other questions or comments?

13 Colfax Corridor Transit Oriented Development Design Quality Small Businesses Trees and Landscaping Impervious Surface Pedestrian & Bicycle safety Transit Food Access Parks & Open Space Housing Affordability & Diversity Supportive Housing

14 9 th & Colorado Transit Oriented Development Small Businesses Trees and Landscaping Impervious Surface Pedestrian & Bicycle safety Public Transit Housing Affordability & Diversity

15 Mayfair Town Center Transit Oriented Development Design Quality Small Businesses Trees and Landscaping Impervious Surface Pedestrian & Bicycle safety Housing Affordability & Diversity

16 Neighborhood Nodes Small Businesses Trees and Landscaping Pedestrian & Bicycle safety Transit Food access Parks & Open Space

17 Hale Design Quality Financial Stability Trees and Landscaping Impervious Surface Pedestrian & Bicycle safety Food Access Housing Affordability & Diversity

18 South Park Hill Design Quality Pedestrian & Bicycle safety Trees & Landscaping Impervious Surface Food access Parks & Open Space Housing Affordability & Diversity

19 Montclair Design Quality Trees and Landscaping Impervious Surface Pedestrian & Bicycle safety Food Access Housing Affordability & Diversity

20 East Colfax Design Quality Financial Stability Trees and Landscaping Pedestrian & Bicycle safety Transit Food access Parks & Open Space Housing Affordability & Diversity Supportive Housing

21 Performance Measures Percentage of housing units and jobs in centers and corridors Urban Quality Tool score Ped and bike crashes per 100k residents Mode split Percentage of Impervious Surface Percentage of Tree Canopy Housing shortage Cost burdened households Sales tax Poverty rate Jobs per household Residents within 10 minute walk to a park Percentage of households with limited food access

22 Best Practices Do the best practices depict the vision? Are there other example projects we should research?

23 Design Quality Appropriate Infill Contextual design Scale / Proportion relationship to existing buildings Window to wall ratio, fenestration Street facing orientation Entry features: porch, stoop, balcony, etc. Materials: brick or wood cladding

24 Design Quality Appropriate Infill Contextual design Scale / Proportion relationship to existing buildings Window to wall ratio, fenestration Street facing orientation Entry features: porch, stoop, balcony, etc. Materials: brick or wood cladding

25 Design Quality Motel Adaptive Reuse 1957 Mid-century Modern Architecture Office and Retail mixed use 30 Suites Vintage Signage 2016 Mayor s Design Award

26 Housing Affordability Phoenix on the Fax South Park Hill Mixed Use Housing & Retail Target population: Households with income below 30-60% area median income 50 income-restricted rental apartments 1, 2, and 3 bedroom units Ground floor retail uses Opened in 2011 Received City financing

27 Homelessness Sanderson Apartments S. Federal Boulevard Permanent Supportive Housing 60 one-bedroom apartments Target population: people experiencing homelessness and high utilizers of public safety net programs On-site staff and services, including clinical case manager, psychiatrist, nurse, clinical supervisor, and therapists Owned/Operated by Mental Health Center of Denver Includes Good Neighbor Agreement Staff on site 24-7, available to answer questions/address issues Security Noise Maintenance, screening of outdoor areas Adequate Parking Annual meeting with neighbors and with DPD Financed through LIHTCs, Social Impact Bond, OED, Colorado Division of Housing, and Mental Health Center

28 Homelessness Warren Village Cheesman Park Transitional Housing Target population: low-income, single-parent families experiencing homelessness or housing instability Established in year transitional program 1, 2 & 3 bedroom apartments Career, education and financial counseling Life skills and parenting classes Wellness initiative Child care, learning center, and pediatric clinic Income-based rent

29 Pedestrian & Bicycle Safety 14 th Street downtown Retained one-way Added a separated bike lane (parking protected where feasible) Planted buffer Wide sidewalks

30 Pedestrian & Bicycle Safety Updated sidewalks Adjacent to new development (Carla Madison Rec Center) New residential sidewalk construction (Corey-Merril, Washington Park neighborhoods)

31 Transit Dedicated Transit Lanes Separate transit vehicles from general purpose traffic with signs and pavement markings A Business Access and Transit (BAT) lane is primarily for transit but general-purpose traffic is allowed to enter the lane to make turns

32 Transit Transit Signal Priority Modify traffic signal phases to advance transit vehicles through intersections, helping to reduce delays and increase transit speeds Queue jumps and bypass lanes Short segments of dedicated transit lane with Transit Signal Priority Make it easier for buses to move past traffic congestion at key locations

33 Transit First and final mile options Bike share Micro transit Car share

34 Small Businesses Mi Casa Resource Center West Denver A non-profit organization with the goal of advancing the economic success of Latino and working families and a focus on helping residents start and grow businesses. Business Counseling Entrepreneurial Training ESL Classes Legal Clinic Financial Coaching Free Tax Prep Career Development Training Programs

35 Financial Stability Focus Points Family Resource Center Elyria Swansea A non-profit resource center that provides services and meeting space to help build community wealth. School Readiness Adult Education Health & Wellness Workforce & Economic Development Community Engagement

36 Impervious Surfaces / Stormwater NE Siskiyou Green Street Portland, Oregon Green street project carves out a portion of the street s parking zone and converts it into two landscaped curb extensions The design provides water quality treatment but also maximizes infiltration of the runoff. The existing street curb was left intact and no modifications were made to the stormwater collection system. The design also provides for traffic calming and pedestrian safety. The design integrates well with its surroundings and the adjacent neighbors have played a major role in maintaining the two facilities, providing seasonal watering and weeding

37 Trees & Landscaping NoMa Neighborhood Green Street Washington, D.C. Landscape improvements integrate a series of stormwater gardens and retention areas with new trees and landscape beds. Native plants and trees are sustained by stormwater runoff from adjacent streets and buildings.

38 Parks & Open Space Thriftway Pocket Park Westwood An interim park transformed from an abandoned Thrift-way building. The park is part of a multi-step goal of creating a healthier neighborhood as set by the community visioning processes by Westwood Unidos & Healthy Places and the Westwood Neighborhood Plan. Goals: Transform Morrison Road from auto-oriented street to a peopleoriented space and a cultural destination. Expansive partnerships between organizations and stakeholders: Urban Land Conservancy (ULI), Office of Economic Development (OED), Wells Fargo, Healthy Places Westwood, Business Culture West (BuCu), and more.

39 Parks & Open Space Columbia Heights Civic Plaza Washington D.C. s Commercial District A high quality, streetscape improvement of a 12,000 sq. ft., publicly owned parcel connecting a Metro station and adjacent development. Committed to inclusivity and cultural and economic diversity Functional art installations Paving patterns of surrounding nodes/street create a unique, unifying, and flexible space that can accommodate 800-3,000 people with street closures. Managed by the Civic Plaza Partnerships (CPP) an expansive organization of stakeholders dedicated to support the plaza with maintenance, fundraising, and programming.

40 Food Access Westwood Food Cooperative A grocery store (for members and non-members) owned by and built to serve the community Goal: to increase access and affordability of fresh, healthy, and culturally-relevant food, while empowering community ownership and increasing community wealth

41 Food Access DMG Foods Salvation Army s non-profit grocery store in Baltimore Provides nutritional guidance, shopping education, workforce development, and meal planning Loyalty program with special offers and discounts